Seat-sharing headache for Akhilesh ahead of polls
The Morning Standard|December 06, 2021
SP chief may have to part with more seats if alliance grows bigger
NAMITA BAJPAI
Seat-sharing headache for Akhilesh ahead of polls

THE main opposition Samajwadi Party is likely toeing the BJP’s 2017 plan to victory by clinching alliances with small outfits in various regions of Uttar Pradesh. The political viability of these alliances, however, will be on test at the time of seat sharing. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has been claiming that his party would come to power with a mammoth majority in the election due in a few months for the 403-member UP Assembly.

With around half-a-dozen parties in his bouquet of alliances, the SP chief is taking time to finalise seat sharing in the face of dilemma over how much to spare and retain.

Akhilesh has stitched alliances with at least three parties in eastern UP. These are former BJP ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of OP Rajbhar, Apna Dal (K) of Krishna Patel and Janwadi Socialist Party of Dr Sanjay Singh Chauhan.

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